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WED 16 MARCH 2011
Transcript of press conference, Canberra
PM: I’m genuinely sorry to have kept you waiting so long. I have just come from briefings about matters in Japan. As people in Parliament House may be aware, the National Security Committee has been meeting this morning in order to receive briefings and further information about...
MON 21 FEBRUARY 2011
Transcript of joint press conference with Minister Roxon, Canberra
MINISTER ROXON: Thank you very much for coming here bright and early this morning. It’s a very great pleasure to be here, Dr Lim has hosted us in her General Practice. She’s a GP of more than 20 years standing and very much loved by her patients as we’ve just seen. So thank...
MON 21 FEBRUARY 2011
Transcript of interview with David Frost
FROST: Prime Minister I’ve often said to people who recently attained power and so on, whether attaining power was, whether it was different to what they’d expected and in your case you’ve been Deputy Prime Minister and so on, but in fact it’s different in your case...
WED 26 JANUARY 2011
Address to citizenship and flag raising ceremony
Around the nation today, Australians will come together, and I believe on Australia Day, we do three things. First, we celebrate Australian mateship. We celebrate friendship, the bonds that bring us and hold us together, and on this Australia Day, more than many, we will be...
MON 20 DECEMBER 2010
Joint press conference, Canberra
PM: OK, thanks very much. Now, I've come today with a mob, really, so I'll describe the nature of the mob. We have of course the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Wayne Swan, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy, the Minister for...
THU 16 DECEMBER 2010
Transcript of interview with Heather Ewart, The 7:30 Report
EWART: Prime Minister, welcome to the program. PM: Thank you very much Heather. EWART: Are you completely satisfied that the authorities on Christmas Island did all that they could to avert the scale of this tragedy? PM: On the advice available to me, people deployed...
WED 03 NOVEMBER 2010
Transcript of joint press conference Jakarta, Indonesia
PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO (unofficial translation): In the name of Allah. HE Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Dear journalists that I love. Today Indonesia has the honour of a visit by the Australian Prime Minister, the first female Australian Prime Minister in the history of Australian...
MON 18 OCTOBER 2010
Government to move children and vulnerable families into community-based accommodation
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen today announced that the Australian Government had decided to expand its existing residence determination program and will begin moving significant numbers of children and vulnerable family groups out of...
MON 12 JULY 2010
Transcript of doorstop interview, Adelaide
PM: Can I say how pleased I am to be in my hometown of Adelaide, the place I grew up, and where my family still lives. I've taken the opportunity of being in Adelaide today to outline the things that made me and brought me to this moment in time, and obviously, so many of those experiences...
FRI 09 JULY 2010
Western Australia - Going Forward Together
It's a great honour to be here on my first visit to Western Australia as Prime Minister. This visit is special to me because it is a chance to see old friends again. It is also a chance to underline my absolute determination to govern for all Australians, no matter who you are or...
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